Research Article

A Novel Parallel Assembly Sequence Planning Method for Complex Products Based on PSOBC

Table 4

Parallel assembly sequence of 4-DPA.

Subassembly indexSubassemblyTargeted parts

1(27, 17)Lubricating ring 4 and bear 9
2(26, 15, 20, 18)Blank cap 2, bear 10, spline, and bear 12
3(19, 36, 24)Inner splined sleeve, bear 8, and eccentric sleeve 4
4(38, 45, 44, 31)Bear 7, bear 11, eccentric sleeve 5, and bear 6
5(23, 29, 4, 22)Gear 7, sleeve 3, lubricating ring 1, and gear 6
6(30, 21, 14)Gear 2, gear 3, and gear 5
7(25, 13)Gear 4 and end cap 4
8(28, 16)Output shaft 2 and intermediate shaft
9(7, 3, 47, 40)Gear 1, bear 4, bear 2, and bear 5
10(46, 2, 39, 41)Eccentric sleeve 1, sleeve 3, bear 1, and lubricating ring 3
11(9, 42, 32, 11)Bear 3, lubricating ring 2, lock 1, and middle box
12(8, 33, 43)Eccentric sleeve 2, lock 3, and input shaft
13(34, 6, 10)Lock 2, sleeve 1, and sleeve 2
14(49, 37, 5)Upper box, end cap 3, and output shaft 1
15(35, 1, 48, 12)End cap 1, oil collecting hood, blank cap 1, and end cap 2